The Israeli army has killed three Palestinian men during a large-scale raid on the Balata refugee camp in the city of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank.
The West Bank has been occupied by Israel since the 1967 Six-Day War.
Nearly 3 million Palestinians live there, along with about 490,000 Israelis in settlements considered to be illegal under international law.
According to Palestinian health ministry, at least seven other Palestinians were injured, including four with live ammunition, and dozens of others suffered tear gas inhalation.
Hundreds of Israeli soldiers and special forces participated in the raid that began at about 1am last night and continued until 5am today.
UNESCO Designates Jericho Ruins , as World Heritage Site.
The U.N. World Heritage Committee voted to list the ruins as a "World Heritage Site in Palestine" on Sept. 17, CNN reports. .
The Palestinian Authority Foreign Affairs Ministry praised the decision to acknowledge Jericho's "cultural, economic and political significance.".
The ministry also called the site evidence of
"10,000 years of human development," CNN reports.
The outstanding universal value
of the site qualifies it to be one
of the World Heritage sites, PA Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Rula Ma’ayah, via statement.
However, the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs is upset that Jericho is now a World Heritage Site.
It referred to the decision as "another sign of Palestinians’ cynical use of UNESCO and politicization of the organization.".
The site, located in the Israeli-occupied West Bank between the Jordan River and Jerusalem, dates "back to the modern Stone Age," CNN reports. .
The site, located in the Israeli-occupied West Bank between the Jordan River and Jerusalem, dates "back to the modern Stone Age," CNN reports. .
Jericho became the oldest walled
city on the planet in 2010
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Israeli soldiers are searching for the attackers who shot two Israeli civilians dead at a car wash in the West Bank as the cycle of violence continues.
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NATO member Romania reported a possible violation of its airspace during an overnight Russian attack in neighbouring Ukraine, saying it had not found debris on Romanian territory but would continue the search on Saturday.
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After President Netanyahu's re-election, many Israelis have decided to try to obtain Germany citizenship, but not all have received a warm welcome back to the country.
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